Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, ngenza uhambo lwami lokuqala ukuya eMnyangweni we-Garro Garlic. Lo mcimbi odumile waseNyakatho California uvame ukubalwa njengenye yemikhosi yokudla ehlobo yase-America. Ngabuza umngane wami uCesar ukuba angijoyine ngoba wakhulela eGilroy futhi wayezikhumbula kahle, njengoba aye emkhosini unyaka ngamunye njengengane. Wabuye wabelana ngamasu amathiphu akhe aphezulu kakhulu ngokuhamba kulo mcimbi othandwayo (futhi ozwakalayo)!
Nazi amathiphu ethu okuthola okuningi kwi-Gilroy Garlic Festival:
- Hlela ukufika lapho umcimbi uvula. Okokuqala, uma ushayela, kuzodingeka upake epakini elide futhi ulinde amabhasi wokuhambisa ukuze akuyise emcimbini. Okwesibili, ukuhamba ekuseni kusiza ukushaya izixuku ezifika kamuva ntambama.
- Cabanga ukuthatha i-Caltrain kumcimbi. Umkhosi ujabulisa ama-shuttles kusukela esiteshini saseGilroy Caltrain uma uthengela ithikithi le-Caltrain yokungena kwe-event online.
- Hamba ngoLwesihlanu noma ngeSonto. Izinsuku zokuqala nezokugcina ngokuvamile zinabantu abambalwa abangaphezu kukaMgqibelo.
- Thenga amathikithi akho kusengaphambili. Uma u-oda amathikithi kuwo ohlwini lwe-Eventbrite lomkhosi, uzogcina isikhathi emgqeni nasemalini, uma ukhetha ithikithi lokungenisa lokuhlangana le-Gourmet Alley.
- Uhlala endaweni yangakini (Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Martin, Hollister, San Juan Bautista noma ama-Aromas)? Uma kunjalo, ungagcina u-$ 5 umuntu ngamunye uma ungena ngoLwesihlanu, obizwa ngokuthi "Usuku Lendawo."
- Yilungele ukushisa-itshisa kakhulu (i-100 + degrees Fahrenheit) eGilroy ehlobo. Gqoka ngemibala ekhanyayo, ugqoke isihenqo selanga nesikhwama, futhi ulethe ibhodlela lamanzi.
- Londoloza igumbi ukuze ulingise izinto eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka. Ukudla okumiyo kanye nabathengisi bakhonza zonke izinhlobo ze-garlicky eziphathekayo ezifana ne-garlic-efakwe ngamafutha omnqumo, uviniga, imayonnaise, ushukela oshisayo, isinaphi, ne-jelly.
- Ungaphuthelwa amasampula mahhala ka-ayisikhilimu e-garlic! Ungesabi, kuyamangalisa ukuthi kumnandi futhi kucebile nge-vanilla. Igalikhi yayibonakala ekutholeni kokuqala, kodwa yayiyinkimbinkimbi futhi idlulile. Ngangingabaza, kodwa empeleni ngiyithokozisa.
- Ungaphuthelwa iwayini le-garlic! I-Rapazzini iWinterwini kaGilroy ijwayele ukuthulula ama-sampuli amawayini amabili ahlukene e-garlic, i-Chateau de Garlic Red ne-Chateau de Garlic White.
- Londoloza igumbi ukuzitholela i-Gourmet Alley, amatende athengisa u-garlic-ukudla okunzima okuphekwe okuyiyona nkanyezi yomcimbi. Lezi zazihlanganisa ama-sandwich we-pepper, ama-sausage ase-Italian kanye nezinsizi ezincane, okwesibhakabhaka sezinkwa zika-garlic.
- Yeka ukubheka "Abaphathi be-Pyro" kanye nama-flame-ups amakhulu abawakhanyayo ngenkathi belungiselela ukudla kwe-Gourmet Alley. Umculo we-rock ophazamisayo ulandisa ukusebenza kwawo okumangalisayo.
- Hlola abathengisi be-art kanye nabadayisi be-quirky, abaningi bafaka izindlu zendlu, ezigqoke, nezokudweba ezigcoke.
- Zijaha futhi uqaphele ukuthi ungadli ngokweqile. Ukudla okunomsoco, okuthosiwe kungaba nzima ukuba isisu. Thatha amakhefu avamile ukuze ujabulele izinkulumo zokudla kanye nomculo futhi uzame ukushiya umkhosi ngaphambi kokuba ugcwele ngokuphelele. Uzozibonga kamuva!
Umkhosi we-Gilroy Garlic
NgoJulayi 29-31, 2016
I-Christmas Hill Park, 7050 Miller Ave., Gilroy, CA
Iwebhusayithi: http://gilroygarlicfestival.com/